AnAge entry for Leopardus wiedii

Classification (HAGRID: 02120)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Felidae
                    Genus: Leopardus
Species: Leopardus wiedii
Common name: Margay
Synonyms: Felis wiedii

Maximum longevity: 24 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Medium
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born male was about 24 years old when he died in captivity [0671].

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[1046] McNab (2000), The standard energetics of mammalian carnivores: Felidae and Hyaenidae
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0538] Don Wilson and Sue Ruff (1999), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction